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Articles 13221 through 13320 of 16647:
- Contributory Pension System: Approach With Caution (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , Dec 23, 2003)
BY 2016, the number of Indians above age 60 is expected to exceed 113 million and comprise 8.9 per cent of the population. And projections suggest that by 2026 the aged will form 13.3 per cent of the population. This has serious implications for social...
- The Migrant Effect On Punjabi Society (Tribune, K.S. Chawla, Dec 23, 2003)
THE demographic complexion of Punjab has changed sharply in the recent years with the influx of migrants from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, besides Nepal.
- Growth, But It’s Jobless (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Dec 23, 2003)
It was reported in this paper at the time of the last Davos conference that Jaswant Singh is “bored” with his present less glamorous assignment as finance minister. That boredom was much in evidence as the union finance minister closed his eyes and affect
- Opportunity Or Threat? (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 23, 2003)
The shifting of some technology jobs abroad fits into a well-worn historical pattern of economic change and adjustment in the United States.
- Santa At The Stockmarket (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2003)
As we celebrate the Sensex’s rise and rise, keep an eye on rising disparities too
- Learning To Behave Like A Victor (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 22, 2003)
Certain images stay embedded in one’s memory. As a child reading a volume of the Book of Knowledge, there was a picture of an immaculately clad captain in uniform standing ramrod straight, hand raised in salute, going down with his ship. In the background
- Still Not The Perfect Shine (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Dec 22, 2003)
At a recent conference on globalization the discussion was focussed on the “how” rather than the “what” or “why” issues that had dominated the subject until recently. The success stories of Indian companies that had begun to look at the world as the ...
- Two Alone (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Dec 22, 2003)
In the week the general unleashed his goodwill offensive on the question of plebiscite in Kashmir, Britain’s FINANCIAL TIMES offered a provocative thesis. India and Pakistan have so far relied on Washington to coax and pressure them into talking, but the
- Rbi Study On Fdi - Raises Questions On Quality Of Growth (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 22, 2003)
INCREASED foreign direct investment (FDI) is the holy grail of today's policy-makers in developing countries. It is rightly preferred to debt flows because, apparently, it does not create servicing obligations. While this is true to a limited extent,
- Sleep A Little Better, We Have 100 Billion Dollars (Indian Express, George Mathew, Dec 21, 2003)
If you are above 25, maybe you remember the June of 1991. When India’s foreign exchange reserves of $900 million could barely finance two weeks of imports. The government had to mortgage gold with the Bank of England. And that’s when we were forced to ...
- Have They Got More Than They Bargained For? (Hindu, KESAVA MENON, Dec 21, 2003)
Now that Saddam Hussein is in American hands what happens in Iraq? On the unfolding situation.
- A $100-Billion War Chest (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Dec 20, 2003)
Foreign exchange reserves of $100 billion may seem like an embarrassment of riches. But they will not be when capital inflows dry up and "liquidity at risk" turns into an outflow.
- The Golden Bilateral? (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 20, 2003)
Why peace with Pak could be the PM’s dream project as he steps into a poll year and a changed world
- Development And Hindutva! (Indian Express, Vishal Arora, Dec 19, 2003)
BJP-led state governments can forget it, the twain do not meet
- If China Can, Why Can't India? (Business Line, Gautam Murthy, Dec 19, 2003)
CHINA's economic success is stunning the world as it understands how to move with the times. It is the world's most competitive nation anddesires to modernise rapidly by attracting more foreign investment.
- Challenges In Rural Credit - Rbi Advisory Committee Must Sow The Right Seeds (Business Line, V. Jagan Mohan , Dec 19, 2003)
The financial sector reforms without social and rural sensitivity would only aggravate the complexities of agrarian sector reforms, which are yet to take shape. It is thus hoped that the Advisory Committee, being constituted by the RBI, will be a High ...
- `India Rising' - Will It Ride The Demographic Wave? (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Dec 18, 2003)
In about 50 years, India's surging population may be more a boon than a bane, if a recent Goldman Sachs projection comes true. With a surplus of working age people vis-à-vis current G-6 biggies such as the US and Japan, India could benefit fro m low ...
- When Accounting For `Goods', Don't Ignore The `Bads' (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2003)
ACCOUNTING'S job is to measure all that goes to hit the bottomline. There is a risk, however, of missing the woods when counting the trees.
- Feeling Good (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2003)
The finishing, and all important, touch to the feelgood factor being experienced by most Indians was provided by the Indian cricket team on Tuesday morning. There is, perhaps, a coincidental correlation between the pride of Indians and the performance of
- The Post-Saddam Moment (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 17, 2003)
This capture changes equations — both within Iraq and the world
- Fractal Space: A New Dynamics Of Organisation (Business Line, Pravir Malik, Dec 17, 2003)
THUS far we have established that a specific fractal pattern, which we will term the `organisational-fractal', seems to animate all organisation, ranging from the individual human-being, to a complex corporation, to the markets or the system within which
- Gain Some, Lose Some (Telegraph, Alok Ray, Dec 17, 2003)
Falling interest rates may have been particularly hard on retired people in India, but it is not that there have been no gainers
- A Problem Not Named (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 17, 2003)
The deadly riots occasioned by the Railway Recruitment Board exams in Ass- am and Maharashtra, were a grim reminder of a potentially serious social crisis India might face in the near future. Amidst all the upbeat predictions being made about the India...
- `Hartal Tourism' (Business Line, Anupama. R , Dec 16, 2003)
COME to Kerala. Experience the magic of the lush green landscapes and backwaters. Have a wonderful time in one of the world's favourite holiday destinations. And occasionally watch your life come to a standstill on a hartal.
- Development — A Reality Check (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 16, 2003)
Manufacturing is the real engine of growth, and [in India] this sector has been lagging behind in both productivity and expansion.
- Oil Sector Disinvestment: The End Or Means? (Business Line, Ruddar Datt , Dec 16, 2003)
AS ON March 31, 2002, 13 public sector enterprises were engaged in producing, refining and selling oil and other allied products. All these enterprises (excluding Bongaigaon Refinery) recorded a total net profit of Rs 12,715 crore in 2001-02, and ...
- When Yuan Plays Mischief... Switch To The Basket Peg (Business Line, D. Sambandhan, Dec 16, 2003)
While the free float of the yuan can wait, China should consider the option of switching over to a `basket peg' of key currencies of major trading partners. This is the second best solution to the one-dose medicine of revaluation. It is time China got out
- Playing At War In Taiwan (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 15, 2003)
Taiwan’s president, Chen Shui-bian, is bluffing when he hints at holding a referendum on independence from China in March. The president of the United States of America, George W. Bush, was bluffing three years ago when he promised to do “whatever it take
- Who Is Afraid Of The Immigrant? (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Dec 15, 2003)
AS I gazed at the photograph depicting a Bihari job-seeker fleeing from the two-legged hounds who call themselves Shiv Sainiks at a railway station in Mumbai last week, I was reminded of my uncle's favourite story. After his pre-university course, he had
- Fast Running Out Of Jobs (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 15, 2003)
Unemployment is growing, and economic theory has no clear answer to the problem. It is not merely the unemployed who suffer, the nation loses because it does not get what the unemployed could have produced. Its socio-economic impact is considerable ...
- Blame Not The Fta (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2003)
IS INDIA'S FREE trade agreement with Sri Lanka fast becoming the favourite whipping boy of those frustrated with the dynamics of a free market? Why else should the FTA come under renewed attack from different quarters — especially people's representatives
- Nepotism Isn't Good, Is It? (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Dec 15, 2003)
ROY Disney wanted his son, Roy Patrick, to be appointed a Director of Walt Disney Co. a couple of years ago. Roy, whose father was a co-founder of the company along with his brother Walt, was himself a Director and owned less than 1 per cent of the equity
- A Mandate For Nationalism (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Dec 15, 2003)
The victory of pro-Kremlin parties in the recently concluded parliamentary elections of Russia is likely to fuel a further offensive against the oligarchs.
- Feel Good, But Not Better (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 15, 2003)
India’s forex reserves must be turned into a tool to spur growth
- Deserting The Workers (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Dec 13, 2003)
THE WASHINGTON POST reached faraway Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat and came back with a story about the cruel toil of the Pagis. They are one among an estimated 25,000 families that harvest salt in barren, inhospitable places. As they work and succumb to
- Fiscal Deficit, The Real Villain? (Business Line, Alok Ray, Dec 12, 2003)
The real villain for India is not the fiscal deficit but the composition of government expenditures. A better index of fiscal health could be the size of revenue deficit — the gap between government's current expenditure and current revenue...
- Mountain Development: Rappelling Up, The Chinese Way (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Dec 12, 2003)
Mountains occupy two thirds of China and support nearly one half of the population. Mountain regions contribute significantly to the Chinese economy accounting for 31 per cent of GDP and producing 35 per cent of grains and 54 per cent of primary ...
- Japan All Set To Woo India (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 12, 2003)
After years of ignoring India, Japan is now all set to woo it. Surprised by New Delhi's big power diplomacy, its growing engagement with East Asia, and the resilience of the Indian economy, Japan is now determined to make up for the lost decade in ...
- Look East, But Via The Northeast (Indian Express, SANJIB BARUAH , Dec 12, 2003)
Without using the Northeast as a conduit, India’s wooing of southeast Asia will fail. China offers a model
- Empire Of Spoils (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
America is taking its ‘you are with us or against us’ motto too far in Iraq
- Why `Food-Less-Travelled' Is Better (Business Line, Kumar Venkat, Dec 12, 2003)
THE problem of "food miles" is emerging as one of the early consequences of increasing long-distance and international trade.
- Will Interest Rates Rise? (Business Line, A. Seshan, Dec 11, 2003)
A rise in foreign rates could be a matter of concern to India as it may lead to drying up of the inflow of funds unless countervailing action is taken.
- ‘al Capone In India’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
On December 9, 2003, the Patna High Court heard a petition accusing the government of Bihar of dereliction of duty in the Satyendra Dubey murder case. Reproduced are extracts from the order issued by Chief Justice Ravi S. Dhavan and Justice Shashank Kumar
- Dysfunctional Financial Activism (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Dec 11, 2003)
The arguments of information and investment activists are aimed at altering the flow of information or cash flows or both from closely-held companies. These arguments assume that the right to privacy is negotiable and somehow ignore the more important ...
- Cloud Lining (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
The economy of the United States of America shows signs of revival, although questions have been raised about gross domestic product deflators used in the US to convert nominal growth into real growth. It is therefore possible that real growth in the US
- The Budget As The Bsp Test (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Dec 11, 2003)
There’s a difference between packaging a promise and delivering it
- Resurgent Nationalism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2003)
THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, Vladimir Putin, has reason to be pleased with the result of the parliamentary election held last Sunday. United Russia, a party made up of Mr. Putin's loyalists, has obtained over 37 per cent of the vote and might get a ...
- Bush’s Sinking Ship (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 10, 2003)
Coming back to Washington after a month abroad is like returning to a land which has changed beyond comprehension in so short a time. It is okay once again to poke fun at POTUS, the president of the United States. Talk show hosts like Bill Maher are no...
- Protect Us (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2003)
The third quarter of this year may have been good for the American economy, with a gross domestic product growth rate of 7.2 per cent and with manufacturing indices and productivity figures also perking up. But the administration in the United States of
- Naresh Chandra Flight Plan (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2003)
IF THE DOMESTIC airline industry is in a crisis, airlines are all running up huge losses, and growth in passenger traffic is not as fast it ought to be, blame it all on Government policy. The Naresh Chandra Committee, set up to provide inputs for a new...
- Touching The Horizon (Indian Express, Gopal Krishna Agarwal, Dec 09, 2003)
Gross domestic product (GDP) is the broadest measure of the health of the economy. Real GDP is defined as the total money value of final goods and services produced by labour and property located within a country during an accounting year. Gross value ...
- Positive Tones In The Telecom Sector (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 09, 2003)
Though the Indian economy had undertaken comprehensive reforms it is only in telecom that the results are best visible.
- Aids Scare Is For Real (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2003)
IT IS EASY to be cynical of the fuss made about Acquired-Immune Deficiency Syndrome, especially around the World AIDS day on December 1. The sight of many celebrity campaigners for HIV/AIDS may lead people to trivialise the issue. However, scepticism on..
- Remember Europe (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Dec 09, 2003)
The last week of November witnessed important meetings between leaders of the European Union and the government of India, a major event following the Indo-European summit to which the prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, went last year. The president of
- Cynicism At The Hustings (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 08, 2003)
United Russia, the “party of power” that supports President Vladimir Putin, won a large majority in the Russian parliamentary elections on December 7, just as everybody knew it would. The results of the Russian presidential election next March are equally
- The `Cyber Coolie' Is Here (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 08, 2003)
The emergence and growth of BPO activity — described as the "cyber coolie" regime by British critics of the phenomenon — is a true reflection of the changing nature of the international economy, specifically its gradual shift from manufacturing and ...
- Index Funds And The Performance Paradox (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Dec 08, 2003)
DIVERSIFIED equity funds have on an average outperformed the index funds by 40 percentage points in the current market rally. Empirical evidence, however, suggests that in the long run index funds outperform active funds. But that is a large trade-off...
- Why Is Assam Burning? (Hindu, Walter Fernandes, Dec 08, 2003)
The Centre has treated insurgency in the Northeast as a law and order issue or given it a communal colour by focussing on the Bangladeshi immigrants and ignoring those from the Hindi heartland.
- Whether, Weather, Wither? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2003)
Take it or leave it, but here’s an argument for early elections
- Microbes And Mindsets (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2003)
AIDS doesn’t adjust to social niceties. We must take it on before it takes us on
- Trial By Fire (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Dec 08, 2003)
The author is former director general, National Council for Applied Economic Research, and chairman, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission raosl@hotmail.com
- To Advance Or Not To Advance General Election (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Dec 07, 2003)
Towards the end of 1970, the air was thick with speculation over an early general election. The Prime Minister of the day, Indira Gandhi, strongly denied that she planned premature dissolution of the Lok Sabha. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, then the leader of..
- Reading It So Wrong (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Dec 07, 2003)
Vasundhara Raje Scindia blames the generally negative assessment of her chances in the assembly polls on the media and says that towards the end of the campaign she had stopped reading newspaper reports or watching TV so as not to get upset by their bias.
- ‘ensuring Accountability Is Not Interference’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2003)
By making CAT a universal entrance exam for all MBA courses isn’t the government trying to interfere in autonomous bodies like the IIMs
- Politics After Reform (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2003)
At last some indication that the benefits of economic reform can actually swing votes
- Bpo And The Indian Economy (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Dec 06, 2003)
All the euphoria that very easily becomes hype cannot change one thing. IT services cannot do for India what manufacturing did for China.
- Paradox Of U.S. Economy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2003)
THE U.S. ECONOMY is in a paradoxical situation. It grew by an astonishing Chinese-style 8.4 per cent in the quarter ended September 2003, the fastest quarterly burst in years. Yet this scorching growth has given comfort to few outside the George ...
- There's Gain In Arresting Rupee's Gain (Business Line, Shobha Ahuja, Dec 05, 2003)
At a time when many manufacturing sectors are working hard to become internationally competitive and with the country notching higher product exports in addition to software, exchange rate management assumes special significance.
- ‘in The End, India Rid Satyendra Of His Pain’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
On November 30, The Indian Express reported how Satyendra Dubey, a young NHAI engineer, wrote confidentially to the PMO about corruption in the Golden Quadrilateral project in Bihar. He was then murdered. The e-mail deluge just doesn’t seem to end
- There For The Long Term (Telegraph, Achin Vanaik , Dec 04, 2003)
The US is seeking the cultural commitment of elites in west Asia
- ‘satyendra’s Murderers Are Like Terrorists’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
On November 30, The Indian Express reported how Satyendra Dubey, a young NHAI engineer, wrote confidentially to the PMO about corruption in the Golden Quadrilateral project in Bihar. He was then murdered. Readers’ e mails just keep pouring in
- Cheap Imports Drive Farmers To Suicide (Tribune, Arun Chacko, Dec 04, 2003)
STARK, rocky, infertile land, regularly punctuated by hillocks for hundreds of kilometres — an archetypal bandit country on the silver screen — greets the visitor in a good part of Ananthapur district of Andhra Pradesh. The population is sparse, and ...
- Gap -Filling Approach To Grants-In-Aid: Proven Instrument Of Equalisation Transfer (Business Line, R. Srinivasan, Dec 04, 2003)
Criticism of the gap-filling approach to grants-in-aid, if seen in proper perspective, can be dismissed, respecting its role as an equalisation transfer instrument. It is hoped the Twelfth Finance Commission, respecting the need for such equalisation ...
- Agriculture Subsidy, French Style (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Dec 03, 2003)
France may soon have a number of farmers opting not to cultivate, as that would be deemed a lot more profitable.
- Please Wake Up: Angry Iit Chorus (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Dec 03, 2003)
Dubey Murder: We will give voice to anger of students and faculty: IIT Kanpur director
- Is India Really Shining? (Hindu, Mohan Guruswamy, Dec 03, 2003)
India seems to be entering the post-industrial phase without having industrialised.
- Maturing In Software Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2003)
THE SETTING UP of a development centre in Bangalore by General Motors, the world's largest car maker, is another pointer to the way multinational companies are looking at India as a Research and Development hub for their global operations. The ...
- The Philosophy Of Privatisation In China (Business Line, S. Majumder , Dec 03, 2003)
While China's privatisation exercise met with quick success despite Communist rule, India's is wobbling, hamstrung by parliamentary democracy.
- When The Bosses Squabble (Telegraph, Kalyan Sanyal, Dec 03, 2003)
Invariably, whenever an important issue arises, experts and analysts immediately take their clear and well-defined stands, and then confidently pontificate. I have always envied the courage of these wise men and women because I have discovered to my ...
- Economy Playing Dice With Ecology (Business Line, P. Nagarajan, Dec 03, 2003)
PERHAPS we live in the best of times in this planet, from the perspective of unsurpassed scientific and technological achievements, with a dazzling array of global output. Nonetheless, we can no longer ignore the grim reality that it is also the worst of
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